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The Best Episodes of Heartbeat Season 8

Every episode of Heartbeat Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Heartbeat Season 8!

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Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 1 - Snake in the Grass
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #1 - Snake in the Grass

    S8:E1

    Gina returns home from her uncle George's funeral and Blaketon tries to mediate some neighbors but his efforts are disturbed by acute food poisoning. A night club owner goes broke and Greengrass takes some belongings into possession to cover a debt of 75 pounds. The stripper's snake contained in a box happens to be among them.

    Director:Gerry Mill
    Writer:Jane Hollowood

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  2. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 2 - Fall Out
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #2 - Fall Out

    S8:E2

    A radioactive isotope contained in copper is in a car that is stolen when parked at The Aidensfeld Arms. At the same time Greengrass tells two school boys that in another episode 'found' golf balls to him that he could use some copper. Greengrass' little brother makes him have a racing dog in custody.

    Director:Gerry Poulson
    Writer:Brian Finch

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  3. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 3 - For Better or Worse
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #3 - For Better or Worse

    S8:E3

    Just after buying a car young Brian Rider has a serious solo accident and his mother blames the owner of the Motor Company. Greengrass takes over a couple of racing pigeons after the owner's funeral.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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  4. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 4 - Past Crimes
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #4 - Past Crimes

    S8:E4

    A respectable bank manager finds his past coming back to haunt him. Greengrass fixes the outcome of a local golf tournament - much to Blaketon's annoyance.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:James Stevenson

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  5. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 5 - Spellbound
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #5 - Spellbound

    S8:E5

    Blaketon notices some strange activity at a graveyard at night but as he wants to investigate, he's knocked down. Greengrass tries his luck in the beauty business.

    Director:John Reardon
    Writer:Phil Ford

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  6. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 6 - Baby Love
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #6 - Baby Love

    S8:E6

    A young man sneaks around inside Moorside Lodge, a mothers' and babies' home, and Greengrass grabs an order to make a concrete driveway but as David refuses to work that very day, Greengrass has to make the unknown Gary do the job. Later an adopted baby is kidnapped.

    Director:Gerry Mill
    Writer:Anthony Read

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  7. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 7 - Give a Dog a Bad Name
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #7 - Give a Dog a Bad Name

    S8:E7

    At a roadside 'shop' David sells some sheepskin rugs for Greengrass very cheaply. Craddock and the local veterinarian have grave disputes on drunk driving, and a fleas' epidemic gives a dog a bad name.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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  8. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 8 - Hello, Goodbye
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #8 - Hello, Goodbye

    S8:E8

    Greengrass wants to make a fortune as mobile shop keeper. An Indian doctor from Kenya stirs up ugly racist prejudices, and an illegal hunt for live badgers disturb the forest.

    Director:Garth Tucker
    Writer:Michael Jenner

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  9. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 9 - Pat-a-Cake
    8.3/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Pat-a-Cake

    S8:E9

    Mel Drinkwater disappears on the way to her secret wedding and a former boyfriend, Michael, is suspected of making her diaappear. Greengrass' cat allergy is ruining his joy of a new business project. A burglar steals some medicine from Dr. Bolton's clinic.

    Director:John Reardon
    Writer:Helen Slavin

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  10. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 10 - Easy Rider
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #10 - Easy Rider

    S8:E10

    An apparent UFO mystery intermingles with the death of an Italian racing cyclist. Greengrass recieves 200 gbomes from China, but they turn out to be models of Chairman Mao.

    Director:Garth Tucker
    Writer:Peter Barwood

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  11. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 11 - Hot Rocks
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    #11 - Hot Rocks

    S8:E11

    Bellamy convinces Bradley to have a party at the Aidensfield Police Station. Lord Ashfordly's sister visits to introduce her new love, but he's very interested in Gina, and Greengrass has campers who modernize people's homes.

    Director:Gerry Mill
    Writer:Susan Wilkins

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  12. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 12 - Shadows and Substances
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #12 - Shadows and Substances

    S8:E12

    Blaketon is appointed Warning Point Officer - in case of nuclear attack, but soon Greengrass grabs the initiative to make money on the security issue. A pupil smashes a front window of the teacher's car. Later another pupil drinks poisoned water in the woods and Bellamy's Granny leads a protest against noisy lorries.

    Director:Terence Daw
    Writer:Brian Finch

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  13. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 13 - Forbidden Fruit
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #13 - Forbidden Fruit

    S8:E13

    While David Fuller apparently is very busy at an auction his wife, Marianne, is brought to hospital in a critical condition. Bradley stumbles into a short flirt with her sister, Rachel, and Gina dreams about a trip to Paris.

    Director:Gerry Poulson
    Writer:Neil McKay

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  14. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 14 - Where There's a Will
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #14 - Where There's a Will

    S8:E14

    Eric Tatton and his wife are dead and his sister, Peggy, has to move out of their house. At the last moment she however decides to fight to stay. Bellamy seeks a flat and gets 'assistance' from Grengrass.

    Director:Gerry Poulson
    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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  15. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 15 - Taking Sides
    7.9/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Taking Sides

    S8:E15

    A road sign thief causes some disarray, and a Miss Aubrey charges Dr. Bolton with sexual harassment. Greengrass arranges local history theater in the open air, but doesn't it take two armies to make a battle?

    Director:Garth Tucker
    Writer:Michael Jenner

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  16. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 16 - Echoes of the Past
    7.9/10(32 votes)

    #16 - Echoes of the Past

    S8:E16

    Jane Hayes is nervous of her pregnancy and some mysterious incidents related to the past make her fear she's haunted. A Christmas Charity Dance is arranged in Aidensfield, and Greengrass gets the responsibility for a trophy at the event.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:Neil McKay

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  17. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 17 - Twists of Fate
    8.0/10(30 votes)

    #17 - Twists of Fate

    S8:E17

    Mildred Crosby dies unexpectedly suddenly and Maggie Bolton is accused. An anonymous night rider 'borrows' frequently a horse and leaves it in an uneasy state. Two Japanese vases are stolen, and Greengrass obtains hot horse racing tips from a road bum.

    Director:Paul Walker
    Writer:Eric Wendell

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  18. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 18 - The Angry Brigade
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #18 - The Angry Brigade

    S8:E18

    Barry Dixon is released from prison but is followed closely by an insurance detective. Lord Ashfordly has closed a pathway to a waterfall, but that decision meets strong opposition when a couple of tourists, Mr and Mrs Tidy, is stopped somewhat brutally. Bradley and Jackie Lambert, an attractive lawyer, develop common ground.

    Director:Gerry Poulson
    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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  19. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 19 - Fire and Ashes
    8.5/10(37 votes)

    #19 - Fire and Ashes

    S8:E19

    Maggie Bolton tells Neil that they are going to have a baby, but she's quite troubled about it and takes a small trip with Gina. Small fires in the area worry the police, and Greengrass has a railway carriage for holiday guests, but that makes Blaketon angry.

    Director:Gerry Mill
    Writer:Rob Heyland

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  20. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 20 - All in the Mind
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #20 - All in the Mind

    S8:E20

    Blaketon loses focus on Greengrass because an even worse crook enters the area with some racing ferrets. Jackie Lambert visits Maggie Bolton to finish the paperwork on Dr. Bolton's death. An old woman witnesses a kidnapping. A young man annoys ordinary citizens intensely while presenting himself as PC Ventress.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:Johnny Byrne

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  21. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 21 - Friends Like You
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Friends Like You

    S8:E21

    David wins £100 and buys some fine clothes, but the shopkeeper wants to sell more to him. Gina substitutes as singer in a new club in Whitby, but it turns into a nightmare as the police finds drugs in her handbag.

    Director:Frank W. Smith
    Writer:Brian Finch

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  22. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 22 - Old Ties
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #22 - Old Ties

    S8:E22

    An old friend visits Gina, and Aunt Mary fears trouble. Two brothers open a restaurant, and they are surprised by more than a brick through the window. An archaeologist inspires Greengrass to dig for a treasure.

    Director:Gerry Poulson
    Writer:Chris Thompson

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  23. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 23 - David Stockwell's Ghost
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    #23 - David Stockwell's Ghost

    S8:E23

    A troubled family has moved into Aidensfield from Zambia. At the auction David happens to buy pigs instead of lambs, and Mrs. Ventress is hospitalized.

    Director:John Reardon
    Writer:Jane Hollowood

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  24. Heartbeat Season 8 Episode 24 - Testament
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #24 - Testament

    S8:E24

    David Stockwell witnesses a hit and run incident.

    Director:Gerry Mill
    Writer:Susan Wilkins

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Snake in the Grass" is the best rated episode of "Heartbeat" season 8. It scored 7.8/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by Gerry Mill and written by Jane Hollowood, it aired on 9/6/1998. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Fall Out".